Azure Cloud Engineer at Washington, DC location (Hybrid)

Location: Washington, D.C.

Department: Information Technology

Reporting to the Senior Manager of Enterprise Systems Infrastructure, the Hybrid Cloud Engineer partners with IT engineering teams to design, implement, and evolve the firm's hybrid cloud environment. You will play a key role in modernizing infrastructure across on-premises systems, global data center colocation sites, and Microsoft Azure platforms. This includes compute, storage, virtualization, and cloud services, with a focus on performance, scalability, security, and reliability.

The role works closely with network engineering, security, and compliance teams to ensure solutions meet firm standards, including ISO 27001 requirements.

• Design and implement hybrid cloud infrastructure across compute, storage, and global data center environments.

• Evaluate existing systems and recommend improvements for scalability, performance, and security.

• Lead integration of cloud services into existing and future infrastructure architectures.

• Develop and enhance policies and procedures to ensure high availability across all offices.

• Maintain compliance with IT policies, including change management, disaster recovery, business continuity, and ISO 27001 audit requirements.

• Partner with infrastructure, networking, security, and applications teams to define and execute a global technology roadmap.

• Maintain accurate system documentation, including architecture, procedures, and configurations.

• Oversee implementation of new infrastructure services and enhancements to existing environments.

• Education/Experience: Bachelor's degree in IT (or equivalent experience) with a minimum of five (5) years implementing enterprise IT infrastructure.

• Enterprise Environment: Proven experience supporting large, global, multi-office environments across multiple time zones. Professional services or legal industry experience is a plus.

• Azure & Hybrid Cloud: Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure platforms, Azure VMware Solution (AVS), Azure Arc, Landing Zones, Azure Policy, and Azure Monitor.

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) & Automation: Hands-on experience with Bicep, Terraform, ARM templates, Ansible, and PowerShell scripting.

• Virtualization & Core Infrastructure: Deep background in enterprise compute, storage, networking, Active Directory, and VMware (vSphere, ESXi, NSX, vCenter, SRM).

• Linux Engineering: Experience administering enterprise Linux (RHEL, Ubuntu, SUSE), including performance tuning and security.

• Security & Identity: Solid understanding of IAM, Azure AD / Microsoft Entra ID, RBAC, and secure hybrid connectivity.

• Data Protection & Storage: Knowledge of platforms such as Pure Storage, Nasuni, Veeam, or similar solutions.